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Flight into Egypt (fol. 98r)

  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Flight into Egypt (fol. 98r)
  • Description:

    The Virgin Mary, Joseph and the Christ Child make their way to Egypt through a hilly landscape, Mary and Christ seated on an ass. On the background one of Herod's soldiers is questioning a farmer by a field of quickly-ripened wheat. The border is decorated with birds, a snail, strawberries, thistles and periwinkle.

    Context: Hours of the Virgin: Vespers: Deus in adiutorium meum intende

  • Date range: [ca. 1440-1460]
  • Date: 1450
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 17 Mar 2015 19:34
  • Last Modified: 18 Apr 2018 14:10